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I. W. SNYDER. Cake-Griddle.

No. 225,656 Patented Mar. 16,1880.

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IRA W. SNYDER, OF VARNA, NEW YORK.

CAKE-GRIDDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,656, dated March16,1880.

Application filed January 14, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IRA W. SNYDER, of Varna, in the county of Tompkinsand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin (lake-Griddles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention relates to the class of reversible griddles for bakingcakes that require to be turned in order to bake both sides.

It consists in a main griddle or plate of suitable size and form to fitthe opening of a stove or range, and provided with an auxiliary griddlecorresponding to and covering about onehalf its area, and attached tothe main griddle by raised hinges located on a line through its center;also, in interposing between the two a spring to prevent jar and injury.

The object of my invention is to speedily and conveniently turn cakesduring the process of baking, and to obviate their tendency to slip orslide toward the center during the process of turning; also, to preventinjury or damage to the device that might result from clashing of theparts.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention. Fig.2 is asection through the line 00 90 of Fig. 1, and shows the auxiliarygriddle slightly raised for the purpose of showing the opening in themain griddle.

A is the main griddle, which is provided with a handle, I, and rim orflange h. It is also provided with suitable openings 0 beneath theauxiliary griddle, in order that only the bottom of such parts of thelatter as contain the cakes to be baked shall be in direct contact withthe fire. By means of the connecting portions between the openingsadditional strength is imparted to the main" griddle, and the smallestpossible space afforded for the escape of smoke when the auxiliarygriddle is raised. The auxiliary griddle is composed of thecake-receptacles B, united by a flange or plate, D, to

which the curved hinges connecting it with the main griddle areattached. This flange is preferably made of wrought-iron and riveted tothe receptacles B, in order to give it the necessary strength to resistbreakage that might result from the jar when it is thrown back to place,but may be cast solid with the cake-re ceptacles, if desirable.

Instead of two or more receptacles, the auxiliary griddle may be madewith a single one, and a single opening in the main griddle for itsaccommodation may be provided. It is also provided with a swinginghandle, F, for operating it, and lugs d, which rest upon the maingriddle, and preserve a suitable space between the two to permit thecakes to drop and to admit air to them when it occupies a reversedposition.

R, Fig. 2, is the bottom of one of the receptacles B of the auxiliarygriddle, and fits into the opening 0 of the main griddle when. inposition.

0 is a double or looped spring, the ends of which are inserted in themain griddle, and the loop projects beneath the plate D of the auxiliarygriddle. This is designed to take up the jar and prevent breakage anddamage to the thinner and weaker parts when the auxiliary griddle isthrown back to its place after dumping the cakes.

E E are the hinges, and consist of projections from plate D, curvedupward, perforated at their outer ends, and united by a rivet tovertical projections from plate A, also perforated at their outer ends,so that the point of junction or pivot will be above the plane of thegriddle or baking-surface.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The batter of which thecakes are baked is deposited in the receptacles B of the auxiliarygriddle, and when sufficiently baked on the bottom or under side theauxiliary griddle is raised by means of the handle F and reversed on theopposite side of plate A, where the cakes are deposited with the unbakedside down. In performing this operation the raised hinges E, having thepivot above the plane of the baking-surface, cause the receptacles B,containing the cakes, to describe a more extended curve through the airthan though the hinges were otherwise constructed, and the cakes areprevented from sliding toward the center by the increased centrifugalforce thus imparted. The auxiliary griddle is then thrown back to itsformer position, the spring 0 serving to take up and prevent the jar andinjury which would otherwise result. This spring is not of sufficientstrength to prevent the receptacles, when spread with batter, fromfitting closely in their seats in plate A.

I am aware that a hinged cake-griddle for turning cakes during theprocess of baking has been heretofore used, and I do not claim this,broadly; but

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cake-griddle, the main plate A, provided with the separateopenings 0 on one side of its diameter, in combination with an auxiliaryplate covering each separate opening and connected to the main plate byraised hinges located near its center, substantially as described, andfor the purpose set forth.

2. In a reversible cakegriddle, the raised IRA W. SNYDER.

Witnesses:

GEO. B. DAVIS, D. F. VAN VLEET.

